From the closing of H&H Bagels: "Barely stifled wails arose from some West Siders, who reacted as if the news marked the end of civilization as we know it." [CR]

One UWS'er protests the closure of H&H Bagels: "We don't want another bank or cell phone outlet here... This is a larger issue. We want big stores out of our neighborhood. ... We’re drawing a line in the sand over H&H. We don’t want banks. We don’t want Wal-Mart. We want neighborhood stores." [Gothamist]

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I don't hold anything against Five Guys, but Carmines...wtf?? What ever happened with them? Was it a rent thing? If anyone knows the bartender in there from Staten Island, please send him my love as he was the best.

Anyone know what's happening with The Sidewalk on Ave A and 6th St? They closed last Feb and I haven't heard a peep since then. Five More Guys?

This just continues my unreasonable hate of Five Guys. When I lived in Washington DC, the Wisconsin Ave dive, Au Pied De Cochon where we wasted many a drunken evening was taken over a by a 5 Guys. The rational part of me knows that 5 Guys (probably) had nothing to do with the bar closing but seeing the booths where we had spent so many strange and drunken hours filled with fat tourist ass kindled a deep seated loathing for 5 Guys. I've never stepped foot in a 5 Guys and never will.

So, now I can check off another institution consumed by this hated chain.